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Joel Nee-Lartey Blankson

Associate Professor
Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America

Doctor Infectious Diseases
Biography

Dr. Joel Blankson is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also holds an appointment in molecular and comparative pathobiology. His areas of clinical expertise include HIV pathogenesis and infectious disease. Dr. Blankson earned his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College and his Ph.D. from Rockefeller University. He completed his residency and a fellowship in infectious disease at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include the natural control of HIV-1 infection.

Research Intrest

Natural Control of HIV-1 Infection

List of Publications
Chiu YL, Shan L, Huang H, Haupt C, Bessell C, Canaday DH, Zhang H, Ho YC, Powell JD, Oelke M, Margolick JB, Blankson JN, Griffin DE, Schneck JP. Sprouty-2 regulates HIV-specific T cell polyfunctionality. J Clin Invest. 2013 Dec 2.
Pohlmeyer CW, Buckheit RW 3rd, Siliciano RF, Blankson JN. CD8+ T cells from HLA-B*57 elite suppressors effectively suppress replication of HIV-1 escape mutants. Retrovirology. 2013 Dec 12;10:152. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-152.
Salgado M, Swanson MD, Pohlmeyer CW, Buckheit RW 3rd, Wu J, Archin NM, Williams TM, Margolis DM, Siliciano RF, Garcia JV, Blankson JN. HLA-B*57 Elite Suppressor and Chronic Progressor HIV-1 Isolates Replicate Vigorously and Cause CD4+ T cell Depletion in Humanized BLT Mice. J Virol. 2014 Jan 3.
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